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- the present disclosure relates to an inverter, and particularly, to a multi-level medium-voltage inverter using a unit power cell.
- a multi-level medium-voltage inverter is an inverter in which an effective value of an input line-to-line voltage has input power of 600V or higher, and an output phase voltage thereof has multiple stages (or multiple levels).
- a medium-voltage inverter is generally used to drive a motor having large capacity ranging from hundreds of kW to tens of MW, and mainly used in the fields such as fans, pumps, compressors, traction, hoist, conveyor, and the like.
- a general voltage-type medium-voltage inverter uses a cascaded H-bridge inverter or a cascaded neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter as a modified inverter of the cascaded H-bridge inverter.
- NPC neutral point clamped
- Multi-level medium-voltage inverters applied to various fields are required to include smaller elements and have higher efficiency.
- an aspect of the detailed description is to provide a multi-level medium-voltage inverter having an effective structure.
- a multi-level medium-voltage inverter may include: a rectifying unit configured to receive a phase voltage from a 3-phase power source and provide a rectified voltage; a smoothing unit configured to receive the rectified voltage and provide the received rectified voltage as voltages having different levels to first to third nodes; and an inverter unit including a plurality of switch units to transmit the voltages having three levels provided from the smoothing unit to a load, wherein the inverter unit includes a first switch unit provided between the first node and a first output terminal, second switch units provided between the second node and the first output terminal, a third switch unit provided between the third node and the first output terminal, a fourth switch unit provided between the first node and a second output terminal, fifth switch units provided between the second node and the second output terminal, and a sixth switch unit provided between the third node and the second output terminal.
- the first to sixth switch units may include a power semiconductor and a diode.
- the second switch units may include: a first diode having directivity of a current from the second node to the first output terminal; a first power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connecting one side and the other side of the first diode; a second diode having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connected to the first diode in series; and a second power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first power semiconductor and connecting one side and the other side of the second diode.
- the first switch unit may include: a first diode having directivity of a current from the first output terminal to the first node; and a first power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connecting one side and the other side of the first diode.
- the third switch unit may include: a second diode having directivity of a current from the third node to the first output terminal; and a second power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the second diode and connecting one side and the other side of the second diode.
- the fifth switch unit may include: a first diode having directivity of a current from the second node to the second output terminal; a first power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connecting one side and the other side of the first diode; a second diode having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connected to the first diode in series; and a second power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first power semiconductor and connecting one side and the other side of the second diode.
- the fourth switch unit may include: a first diode having directivity of a current from the second output terminal to the first node; and a first power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connecting one side and the other side of the first diode.
- the sixth switch unit may include: a second diode having directivity of a current from the third node to the second output terminal; and a second power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the second diode and connecting one side and the other side of the second diode.
- the smoothing unit may include: first and second capacitors connected in series, wherein the first and second capacitors receive the rectified voltage through one side and the other side thereof, and one side, a common node, and the other side of the first and second capacitors are the first to third nodes.
- the rectifying unit may include: first and second diodes connecting one side and the other side of each of the first and second capacitors and receiving a first phase voltage by the common node; third and fourth diodes connecting one side and the other side of each the first and second capacitors and receiving a second phase voltage by the common node; and fifth and sixth diodes connecting one side and the other side of each of the first and second capacitors and receiving a third phase voltage by the common node.
- the multi-level inverter may include a plurality of unit power cells each including the rectifying unit, the smoothing unit, and the inverter unit, and further include a phase shift transformer receiving a phase voltage and providing a power signal having a predetermined phase to the unit power cells.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a power conversion circuit including an inverter according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of each unit power cell illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a power conversion circuit including another inverter.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of each unit power cell illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- FIGS. 5 through 10 are circuit diagrams illustrating operations of inverter units illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram illustrating unit power cells according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIGS. 12 through 14 are block diagrams respectively illustrating examples of inverters using a unit power cell of FIG. 11 .
- FIGS. 15 through 21 are circuit diagrams illustrating operations of inverter units illustrated in FIG. 11
- FIGS. 22 through 25 are waveform views illustrating operations of the inverter unit illustrated in FIG. 11 .
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a power conversion circuit including an inverter according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
- an inverter system including a phase shift transformer and a multi-level medium-voltage inverter includes an input three-phase power source 102 , a three-phase motor 103 , a phase shift transformer 104 , and unit power cells 105 a to 105 f.
- the input three-phase power source 102 supplies a line-to-line voltage root mean square equal to or higher than 600V.
- the three-phase motor 103 is a load of the inverter system.
- a primary winding of the phase shift transformer 104 has a three-phase Y connection form, and a total of twelve secondary windings including three windings having a phase difference of ⁇ 15 degrees, three windings having a phase difference of 0 degree, three windings having a phase difference of 15 degrees, and three windings having a phase difference of 30 degrees with respect to the primary winding.
- the structure of the secondary windings may be determined according to the number of unit power cells 105 a to 105 f.
- a magnitude of an output voltage of each of the unit power cells 105 a to 105 f has five levels.
- Two unit power cells are provided per phase of the motor 103 operated as a load, and the number of unit power cells may be increased as needed.
- the unit power cells 105 a and 150 b are connected in series to output an a-phase voltage to the three-phase motor as a load, the unit power cells 105 c and 105 d output a b-phase voltage, and the unit power cells 105 e and 105 f output a c-phase voltage.
- the unit power cells 105 a , 105 c , and 105 e receive outputs having phases of ⁇ 15 degrees and 0 degree among outputs of the phase shift transformer 104
- the unit power cells 105 b , 105 d , and 105 f receive outputs having phases of 15 degrees and 30 degrees among the outputs of the phase shift transformer 104 .
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of each of the unit power cells illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- a unit power cell includes a diode rectifying unit 201 , a smoothing unit 202 , and an inverter unit 203 synthesizing output voltages.
- the diode rectifying unit 201 receives two three-phase powers, and the input powers are output from the phase shift transformer 104 illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- An output from the diode rectifying unit 201 is delivered to two DC-link capacitors connected in series, and the two DC-link capacitors have the same capacitance.
- the inverter unit 203 serves to synthesize an output from the diode rectifying unit 201 , and an output line-to-line voltage has 5 levels.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a power conversion circuit including another inverter.
- the inverter system includes an input three-phase power source 302 , a three-phase motor 303 , a phase shift transformer 304 , and unit power cells 305 a to 305 c.
- the input three-phase power source 302 supplies a line-to-line voltage root mean square equal to or higher than 600V.
- the three-phase motor 303 is a load of the inverter system.
- a primary winding of the phase shift transformer 304 has a three-phase Y connection form, and a total of twelve secondary windings including three windings having a phase difference of ⁇ 15 degrees, three windings having a phase difference of 0 degree, three windings having a phase difference of 15 degrees, and three windings having a phase difference of 30 degrees with respect to the primary winding.
- the structure of the secondary windings may be determined according to the number of unit power cells 305 a to 305 c .
- the unit power cells 305 a to 305 c may synthesize 5-level output voltages.
- the unit power cell 305 a outputs an a-phase voltage to the load motor 303
- the unit power cell 305 b outputs a b-phase voltage
- the unit power cell 305 c outputs a c-phase voltage.
- FIG. 4 is an internal circuit diagram of each of the unit power cell illustrated in FIG. 3 .
- a unit power cell includes a diode rectifying unit 401 , a smoothing unit 402 , and an inverter unit 403 synthesizing an output voltage.
- four input terminal diode rectifying units 401 are configured, and an operation of the inverter unit 403 is substantially the same at that of FIG. 2 .
- values of a rated voltage and a rated current of a power element used in the unit power cells may vary according to a requested output.
- An output voltage of the unit power cell may have 5 levels.
- FIGS. 5 through 10 are circuit diagrams illustrating operations of inverter units illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 . An operation of the inverter unit will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 10 . In particular, an operation of the inverter unit illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be mainly described.
- switch units 203 a , 203 b , 203 c and 204 d are connected in series to a leg of the inverter unit 203 illustrated in FIG. 2 , and an output voltage is defined according to operations of the switch units.
- Switches 203 a and 203 c are complementary, and switching operations of the switch units 203 b and 203 d are also complementary.
- a capacitor voltage of the smoothing unit 202 connected in series is defined as E (volt)
- the switch units 203 c and 204 d are turned off, at this time a pole voltage E is output.
- the switch units 203 a and 203 c are turned on, the switch units 203 b and 203 d are turned off, and at this time, an output pole voltage is 0.
- the switch units 203 c and 203 d are turned on, and in this case, a pole voltage ⁇ E is output.
- an output line-to-line voltage may have five stages (or levels) of 2E, E, 0, ⁇ E, and ⁇ 2E. Since an output line-to-line voltage of each cell is defined as having 5 levels, a voltage that may be synthesized by the unit power cells 305 a , 305 b , and 305 c of FIG.
- 3 may have nine levels of 4E, 3E, 2E, E, 0, ⁇ E, ⁇ 2E, ⁇ 3E, and ⁇ 4E, and a line-to-line voltage output to the load motor 303 may have 17 levels of 8E, 7E, 6E, 5E, 4E, 3E, 2E, E, 0, ⁇ E, ⁇ 2E, ⁇ 3E, ⁇ 4E, ⁇ 5E, ⁇ 6E, ⁇ 7E, and ⁇ 8E.
- a pulse width modulation (PWM) method of a multi-stage medium-voltage inverter may be divided into phase-shifted PWM and level-shifted PWM depending on a form of a triangular carrier.
- the multi-level inverter using the single-phase NPC inverter described in the present disclosure mainly operates according to the level-shifted PWM method.
- the level-shifted PWM may be divided into in-phase disposition (IPD), alternative phase opposite disposition (APOD), and phase opposite disposition (POD) depending on a phase of a triangular carrier, and in general, the IPD scheme is excellent in terms of harmonics of an output voltage.
- IPD in-phase disposition
- APOD alternative phase opposite disposition
- POD phase opposite disposition
- FIGS. 5 through 10 illustrate conduction states of power semiconductors based on current directions to output pole voltages E, 0, and ⁇ E, respectively.
- a diode and a switch unit 203 b are conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage 0 is output.
- one diode and one switch unit are conducted.
- switch units 203 a and 203 b are conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage E is output.
- two switch units are conducted.
- FIG. 7 two diodes are conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage ⁇ E is output.
- two diodes are conducted.
- FIG. 8 a diode and a switch unit 203 c are conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage 0 is output.
- FIG. 9 two diodes are conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage E is output.
- FIG. 10 two switch units 203 c and 203 d are conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage ⁇ E is output
- the rectifying unit 201 of FIG. 2 and the rectifying unit 401 of FIG. 4 are connected to the secondary sides of the phase shift transformer 104 of FIG. 3 and the phase shift transformer 304 of FIG. 3 and apply a rectified voltage to capacitors of the smoothing units 202 and 402 , respectively.
- output terminals of the rectifying units 201 and 401 are directly connected to the capacitors respectively provided in the smoothing unit 202 of FIG. 2 and the smoothing unit 402 of FIG. 4 , and thus, voltages of the respective capacitors have a value expressed by equation 1 on average in a no-load state.
- V dc_cap 3 ⁇ 6 ⁇ V ⁇ [ Equation ⁇ ⁇ 1 ]
- V is a magnitude of a phase voltage input to the rectifying units 201 and 401 .
- Two DC link source voltages having the relationship as expressed by Equation 1 are illustrated in FIG. 2 and four DC link source voltages having the relationship as expressed by Equation 1 are illustrated in FIG. 4 , and the number of outputs of the phase shift transformers 104 and 404 is determined depending on the number of rectifying units.
- the cascaded NPC inverter described above with reference to FIGS. 1 through 10 is advantageous in that it is small in volume, compared to the cascaded H-bridge inverter, but since two power semiconductors need to be conductive constantly, it is difficult to increase efficiency and a heat dissipation device needs to be relatively large.
- the present disclosure proposes a multi-level medium-voltage inverter in which an input unit of a unit power cell is configured as a 6-pulse diode rectifying unit and an inverter unit of the unit power cell is configured to reduce heat loss according to conduction, compared to the existing 3-level NPC inverter, to thus increase efficiency of the unit power cell.
- an inverter unit of a unit power cell is configured as an H-bridge inverter or a single phase NPC inverter to connect unit power cells in series.
- the unit power cell of the multi-level medium-voltage inverter proposed in the present disclosure is implemented as a single phase T-type NPC inverter.
- the unit power cell configured as the single phase T-type NPC inverter has less conduction loss related to heat, compared to the existing unit power cell, and thus, a design for heat dissipation may be advantageous.
- the number of power semiconductor elements (switches) used for operation is smaller than that of the unit power cell using the single phase NPC inverter.
- an input terminal of the unit power cell using the T-type NPC inverter used in the present disclosure may be configured as a 6-pulse, 12-pulse, or 24-pulse diode rectifying unit.
- the use of the 6-pulse diode rectifying unit may simplify the structure of a phase shift transformer of an input terminal, compared to the use of the 12-pulse or 24-pulse diode rectifying unit.
- FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram illustrating a unit power cell according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the unit power cell includes a rectifying unit 1101 , a smoothing unit 1102 , and an inverter unit 1103 .
- the rectifying unit 1101 serving to rectify a provided AC voltage, receives a three-phase input voltage by using six diodes and provides a rectified voltage to the smoothing unit 1102 .
- the smoothing unit 1102 includes capacitors 1102 a and 1102 b .
- the inverter unit 1103 includes a plurality of switch units 1103 a to 1103 h and receives a 3-level voltage from the smoothing unit 1102 .
- the inverter unit 1103 includes a first switch unit 1103 a provided between the first node A and a first output terminal OUT 1 , second switch units 1103 c and 1103 d provided between the second node B and the first output terminal OUT 1 , a third switch unit 1103 b provided between the third node C and the first output terminal OUT 1 , a fourth switch unit 1103 e provided between the first node A and the second output terminal OUT 2 , fifth switch units 1103 g and 1103 h provided between the second node B and the second output terminal OUT 2 , and a sixth switch unit 1103 f provided between the third node C and the second output terminal OUT 2 .
- a switch unit includes a diode and a power semiconductor. The diode and the power semiconductor have mutually opposite current directions.
- the power semiconductor includes an IGBT or a power MOSFET.
- the capacitors 1102 a and 1102 b provided in the smoothing unit 1102 are connected to the rectifying unit 1101 and a capacitor may additionally be connected to an output terminal of the rectifying unit 1101 in series or in parallel.
- the inverter unit 1103 is a single phase T-type NPC inverter.
- the switch units 1103 a , 1103 b , 1103 c , and 1103 d constitute one leg and the switch units 1103 e , 1103 f , 1103 g , and 1103 h constitute another leg, a voltage corresponding to a potential difference between the two legs is output.
- FIGS. 12 through 14 are block diagrams respectively illustrating examples of T-type NPC inverters using unit power cells of FIG. 11 .
- FIG. 12 is a view illustrating a medium-voltage inverter implemented with a total of nine unit power cells with three unit power cells per phase of a motor
- FIG. 13 is a view illustrating a medium-voltage inverter implemented with a total of twelve unit power cells with four unit power cells per phase of a motor
- FIG. 14 is a view illustrating a medium-voltage inverter implemented with a total of fifteen unit power cells with five unit power cells per phase of a motor.
- a multi-level inverter 1201 includes nine unit power cells 1205 a to 1205 i and a phase shift transformer 1204 .
- the voltage supply unit 1202 provides a voltage having a root mean square equal to or greater than 600V.
- Reference numeral 1203 denotes a three-phase motor as a load.
- a phase angle of power output by the phase shift transformer 1204 may be varied.
- the unit power cells 1205 a to 1205 i may synthesize five levels of (or five types of) output voltage.
- the unit power cells 1205 a , 1205 b , and 1205 c output an a-phase voltage to the motor 1203 , the unit power cells 1205 d , 1205 e , and 1205 f output a b-phase voltage, and unit power cells 1205 g , 1205 h , and 1205 i output a c-phase voltage.
- a multi-level inverter 1301 includes twelve unit power cells 1305 a to 13051 and a phase shift transformer 1304 .
- a power supply unit 1302 provides a voltage having a root mean square equal to or greater than 600V.
- Reference numeral 1303 denotes a three-phase motor as a load.
- a phase angle of power output by the phase shift transformer 1304 may be varied.
- the unit power cells 1305 a to 13051 may synthesize 5 levels of output voltage.
- the unit power cells 1305 a , 1305 b , 1305 c , and 1305 d output an a-phase voltage to the motor 1303
- the unit power cells 1305 e , 1305 f , 1305 g , and 1305 h output a b-phase voltage
- unit power cells 1305 i , 1305 j , 1305 k , and 13051 output a c-phase voltage.
- a multi-level inverter 1401 includes fifteen unit power cells 1405 a to 1405 o and a phase shift transformer 1404 .
- a power supply unit 1402 provides a voltage having a root mean square equal to or greater than 600V.
- Reference numera 11403 denotes a three-phase motor as a load.
- a phase angle of power output by the phase shift transformer 1404 may be varied.
- the unit power cells 1405 a to 1405 o may synthesize 5 levels of output voltage.
- the unit power cells 1405 a , 1405 b , 1405 c , 1405 d , and 1405 e output an a-phase voltage to the motor 1403
- the unit power cells 1405 f , 1405 g , 1405 h , 1405 i , and 1405 j output a b-phase voltage
- unit power cells 1405 k , 1405 l , 1405 m , 1405 n , and 1405 o output a c-phase voltage.
- An inverter unit described in the present exemplary embodiment is implemented as a single phase T-type NPC inverter, and as illustrated in FIG. 11 , in the inverter unit 1103 provided in a unit power cell, each leg includes four switch units.
- An output pole voltage is defined according to operations of the switch units 1103 a , 1103 b , 1103 c , and 1103 d .
- the switch units 1103 a and 1103 c cannot be simultaneously turned on, and the switch units 1103 b and 1103 d cannot be simultaneously turned on. Also, operations of the switch units 1103 a and 1103 b are independent.
- the switch units 1103 a and 1103 c operate, and in a case in which a requested output pole voltage reference is negative ( ⁇ ), the switch units 1103 b and 1103 d operate.
- the switch unit 1103 b when the switch unit 1103 b is turned off and the switch unit 1103 d is turned on, a pole voltage 0 is output.
- the output line-to-line voltage of each unit cell namely, an output pole voltage
- the output pole voltage has five levels of (or types of) 2E, E, 0, ⁇ E, ⁇ 2E.
- E, 0, ⁇ E When the output pole voltage is determined as E, 0, ⁇ E, a conduction state of the power semiconductor according to a direction of a current is illustrated in FIGS. 15 through 20 .
- FIGS. 15 through 21 are circuit diagrams illustrating operations of inverter units illustrated in FIG. 11
- FIGS. 22 through 25 are waveform views illustrating operations of the inverter unit illustrated in FIG. 11 .
- a diode and a switch unit 1103 d are conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage 0 is output.
- a switch unit 1103 a is conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage E is output.
- one switch unit is conducted.
- a diode is conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage ⁇ E is output.
- one diode is conducted.
- a diode and a switch unit 1103 c are conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage 0 is output.
- one diode and one switch unit are conducted.
- a diode is conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage E is output.
- one diode is conducted.
- a switch unit 1103 b is conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage ⁇ E is output.
- one switch unit is conducted.
- an average output voltage of the rectifying unit 1101 is defined as follows.
- V dc_cap 3 ⁇ 6 ⁇ V ⁇ [ Equation ⁇ ⁇ 2 ]
- V is a magnitude of a phase voltage of input power of a diode rectifying unit.
- the sum of voltages applied to the capacitors 1102 a and 1102 b may be constant all the time, while the values of Vdc_ 1 and Vdc_ 2 may differ.
- a pole voltage is output using voltages applied to the capacitors of the smoothing unit.
- a path of a load current may pass through an internal node between the capacitors 1102 a and 1102 b , and in this case, voltages across the DC link capacitors may change.
- Voltages across the respective capacitors 1102 a and 1102 b of the smoothing unit may affected by a magnitude and direction of a load current, a switching state, and capacity of the DC link capacitors.
- a magnitude and direction of a load current, a switching state, and capacity of the DC link capacitors When the change in voltages across the DC link capacitors is accumulated, and thus, voltages of the DC link capacitors are not equal to result in unbalance, an output pole voltage may be distorted.
- magnitudes of voltages of the capacitors 1102 a and 1102 b of the smoothing unit are different, one of voltages Vdc_ 1 and Vdc_ 2 converges on 0 and the other converges on Vdc_cap according to an output situation of the inverter unit defined in FIGS. 15 through 20 .
- the corresponding DC link capacitor or a switch configured as a power semiconductor has an error and the inverter unit has a fault, requiring a solution thereto.
- the voltages of the DC link capacitors are balanced through the following process.
- FIG. 21 illustrates one leg of the inverter unit of FIG. 11 .
- the dotted line and the solid line form the carriers as illustrated in FIGS. 22 and 23 .
- reference numerals 2201 and 2301 denote reference pole voltages of FIGS. 21.
- 2202 a and 2302 a denote carries of the switch units 1103 a and 1103 b of FIG. 21 , which are triangular waves having a maximum value Vdc_ 1 and a minimum value 0 when Vdc_ 1 and Vdc_ 2 have the same value.
- 2202 b and 2302 b are carriers of the switch units 1103 c and 1103 d of FIG. 21 having a maximum value 0 and a minimum value ⁇ Vdc_ 2 , when Vdc_ 1 and Vdc_ 2 have the same value.
- 2203 a and 2303 a denote switching states of the switch unit 1103 a .
- 2203 b and 2303 b denote a switching state of the switch unit 1103 b .
- 2203 c and 2303 c denote a switching state of the switch unit 1103 c .
- 2203 d and 2303 d denote a switching state of the switch unit 1103 d.
- FIG. 22 illustrates a case in which a pole voltage reference is positive (+)
- FIG. 23 illustrates a case in which a pole voltage reference is negative ( ⁇ ).
- the switch units 1103 a and 1103 b are turned on or turned off
- the switch unit 1103 c is constantly turned on
- the switch unit 2103 d is constantly turned off, according to the triangular carrier compared based on the pole voltage reference.
- the pole voltage reference is negative as illustrated in FIG.
- the switch units 1103 c and 1103 d are turned on or turned off, the switch 1103 a is constantly turned off, and the switch unit 1103 b is constantly turned on, according to the triangular carrier compared based on the pole voltage reference.
- Vdc_ 1 and Vdc_ 2 are different, the triangular carriers of FIGS. 22 and 23 are varied as illustrated in FIGS. 24 and 25 .
- Vdc_ 2 is greater than Vdc_ 2
- Vdc_ 1 is greater than Vdc_ 2
- 2401 a and 2501 a are triangular carriers of the switch units 1102 a and 1102 b having a maximum value (Vdc_ 1 +Vcd_ 2 )/2 and a minimum value ( ⁇ Vdc_ 1 +Vcd_ 2 )/2
- 2401 b and 2501 b are triangular carriers of the switch units 1102 c and 1102 d having a maximum value ( ⁇ Vdc_ 1 +Vcd_ 2 )/2 and a minimum value ( ⁇ Vdc_ 1 ⁇ Vcd_ 2 )/2.
- the present disclosure provides a multi-level medium-voltage inverter in which a single phase 3-level inverter unit 1103 is included in a unit power cell, and in particular, an input unit of the unit power cell is configured as a 6-pulse diode rectifying unit and the inverter unit of the unit power cell reduces conduction loss, relative to the existing 3-level NPC inverter, increasing efficiency of the unit power cell.
- an inverter unit of a unit power cell is configured as an H-bridge inverter or a single phase NPC inverter and unit power cells are connected in series.
- the unit power cell of the multi-level medium-voltage inverter proposed in the present disclosure includes a single phase T-type NPC inverter.
- the unit power cell including the single phase T-type NPC inverter proposed in the present disclosure has conduction loss smaller than that of the existing unit power cell, and thus, a design for heat dissipation is advantageous and the number of power semiconductor elements used in operating the unit power cell is smaller than that of the unit power cell using a single phase NPC inverter.
- the multi-level inverter has increased efficiency and costs and volume thereof may be reduced.
- the input terminal of the unit power cell using the T-type NPC inverter used in the present disclosure may be configured as a 6-pulse, 12-pulse, or 24-pulse diode rectifying unit.
- the structure of a phase shift transformer of the input terminal may be simplified, compared to the case of using the 12-pulse or 24-pulse diode rectifying unit.
- voltages of the DC link capacitors of the smoothing unit may be balanced by changing a magnitude of a carrier.
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- Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(a), this application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Application No. 10-2013-0068856, filed on Jun. 17, 2013, the contents of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present disclosure relates to an inverter, and particularly, to a multi-level medium-voltage inverter using a unit power cell.
- 2. Background of the Invention
- A multi-level medium-voltage inverter is an inverter in which an effective value of an input line-to-line voltage has input power of 600V or higher, and an output phase voltage thereof has multiple stages (or multiple levels). A medium-voltage inverter is generally used to drive a motor having large capacity ranging from hundreds of kW to tens of MW, and mainly used in the fields such as fans, pumps, compressors, traction, hoist, conveyor, and the like.
- A general voltage-type medium-voltage inverter uses a cascaded H-bridge inverter or a cascaded neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter as a modified inverter of the cascaded H-bridge inverter. The cascaded NPC inverters have emerged with its small volume, relative to existing cascaded H-bridge inverters.
- Multi-level medium-voltage inverters applied to various fields are required to include smaller elements and have higher efficiency.
- Therefore, an aspect of the detailed description is to provide a multi-level medium-voltage inverter having an effective structure.
- To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of this specification, as embodied and broadly described herein, a multi-level medium-voltage inverter may include: a rectifying unit configured to receive a phase voltage from a 3-phase power source and provide a rectified voltage; a smoothing unit configured to receive the rectified voltage and provide the received rectified voltage as voltages having different levels to first to third nodes; and an inverter unit including a plurality of switch units to transmit the voltages having three levels provided from the smoothing unit to a load, wherein the inverter unit includes a first switch unit provided between the first node and a first output terminal, second switch units provided between the second node and the first output terminal, a third switch unit provided between the third node and the first output terminal, a fourth switch unit provided between the first node and a second output terminal, fifth switch units provided between the second node and the second output terminal, and a sixth switch unit provided between the third node and the second output terminal.
- The first to sixth switch units may include a power semiconductor and a diode.
- The second switch units may include: a first diode having directivity of a current from the second node to the first output terminal; a first power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connecting one side and the other side of the first diode; a second diode having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connected to the first diode in series; and a second power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first power semiconductor and connecting one side and the other side of the second diode.
- The first switch unit may include: a first diode having directivity of a current from the first output terminal to the first node; and a first power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connecting one side and the other side of the first diode.
- The third switch unit may include: a second diode having directivity of a current from the third node to the first output terminal; and a second power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the second diode and connecting one side and the other side of the second diode.
- The fifth switch unit may include: a first diode having directivity of a current from the second node to the second output terminal; a first power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connecting one side and the other side of the first diode; a second diode having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connected to the first diode in series; and a second power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first power semiconductor and connecting one side and the other side of the second diode.
- The fourth switch unit may include: a first diode having directivity of a current from the second output terminal to the first node; and a first power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the first diode and connecting one side and the other side of the first diode.
- The sixth switch unit may include: a second diode having directivity of a current from the third node to the second output terminal; and a second power semiconductor having a current flow in the opposite direction of the second diode and connecting one side and the other side of the second diode.
- The smoothing unit may include: first and second capacitors connected in series, wherein the first and second capacitors receive the rectified voltage through one side and the other side thereof, and one side, a common node, and the other side of the first and second capacitors are the first to third nodes.
- The rectifying unit may include: first and second diodes connecting one side and the other side of each of the first and second capacitors and receiving a first phase voltage by the common node; third and fourth diodes connecting one side and the other side of each the first and second capacitors and receiving a second phase voltage by the common node; and fifth and sixth diodes connecting one side and the other side of each of the first and second capacitors and receiving a third phase voltage by the common node.
- The multi-level inverter may include a plurality of unit power cells each including the rectifying unit, the smoothing unit, and the inverter unit, and further include a phase shift transformer receiving a phase voltage and providing a power signal having a predetermined phase to the unit power cells.
- Further scope of applicability of the present application will become more apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the detailed description.
- The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
- In the drawings:
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a power conversion circuit including an inverter according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of each unit power cell illustrated inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a power conversion circuit including another inverter. -
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of each unit power cell illustrated inFIG. 2 . -
FIGS. 5 through 10 are circuit diagrams illustrating operations of inverter units illustrated inFIGS. 1 and 2 . -
FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram illustrating unit power cells according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIGS. 12 through 14 are block diagrams respectively illustrating examples of inverters using a unit power cell ofFIG. 11 . -
FIGS. 15 through 21 are circuit diagrams illustrating operations of inverter units illustrated inFIG. 11 -
FIGS. 22 through 25 are waveform views illustrating operations of the inverter unit illustrated inFIG. 11 . - Description will now be given in detail of the exemplary embodiments, with reference to the accompanying drawings. For the sake of brief description with reference to the drawings, the same or equivalent components will be provided with the same reference numbers, and description thereof will not be repeated.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a power conversion circuit including an inverter according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , an inverter system including a phase shift transformer and a multi-level medium-voltage inverter includes an input three-phase power source 102, a three-phase motor 103, aphase shift transformer 104, andunit power cells 105 a to 105 f. - The input three-
phase power source 102 supplies a line-to-line voltage root mean square equal to or higher than 600V. The three-phase motor 103 is a load of the inverter system. A primary winding of thephase shift transformer 104 has a three-phase Y connection form, and a total of twelve secondary windings including three windings having a phase difference of −15 degrees, three windings having a phase difference of 0 degree, three windings having a phase difference of 15 degrees, and three windings having a phase difference of 30 degrees with respect to the primary winding. The structure of the secondary windings may be determined according to the number ofunit power cells 105 a to 105 f. - A magnitude of an output voltage of each of the
unit power cells 105 a to 105 f has five levels. Two unit power cells are provided per phase of themotor 103 operated as a load, and the number of unit power cells may be increased as needed. Theunit power cells 105 a and 150 b are connected in series to output an a-phase voltage to the three-phase motor as a load, theunit power cells unit power cells unit power cells phase shift transformer 104, and theunit power cells phase shift transformer 104. -
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of each of the unit power cells illustrated inFIG. 1 . - Referring to
FIG. 2 , a unit power cell includes adiode rectifying unit 201, a smoothingunit 202, and aninverter unit 203 synthesizing output voltages. Thediode rectifying unit 201 receives two three-phase powers, and the input powers are output from thephase shift transformer 104 illustrated inFIG. 1 . An output from thediode rectifying unit 201 is delivered to two DC-link capacitors connected in series, and the two DC-link capacitors have the same capacitance. Theinverter unit 203 serves to synthesize an output from thediode rectifying unit 201, and an output line-to-line voltage has 5 levels. -
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a power conversion circuit including another inverter. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , the inverter system includes an input three-phase power source 302, a three-phase motor 303, aphase shift transformer 304, andunit power cells 305 a to 305 c. - The input three-
phase power source 302 supplies a line-to-line voltage root mean square equal to or higher than 600V. The three-phase motor 303 is a load of the inverter system. A primary winding of thephase shift transformer 304 has a three-phase Y connection form, and a total of twelve secondary windings including three windings having a phase difference of −15 degrees, three windings having a phase difference of 0 degree, three windings having a phase difference of 15 degrees, and three windings having a phase difference of 30 degrees with respect to the primary winding. The structure of the secondary windings may be determined according to the number ofunit power cells 305 a to 305 c. Theunit power cells 305 a to 305 c may synthesize 5-level output voltages. Theunit power cell 305 a outputs an a-phase voltage to theload motor 303, theunit power cell 305 b outputs a b-phase voltage, and theunit power cell 305 c outputs a c-phase voltage. -
FIG. 4 is an internal circuit diagram of each of the unit power cell illustrated inFIG. 3 . A unit power cell includes adiode rectifying unit 401, a smoothingunit 402, and aninverter unit 403 synthesizing an output voltage. In the unit power cell ofFIG. 4 , four input terminaldiode rectifying units 401 are configured, and an operation of theinverter unit 403 is substantially the same at that ofFIG. 2 . However, in case of the unit power cells ofFIGS. 2 and 4 , values of a rated voltage and a rated current of a power element used in the unit power cells may vary according to a requested output. An output voltage of the unit power cell may have 5 levels. -
FIGS. 5 through 10 are circuit diagrams illustrating operations of inverter units illustrated inFIGS. 1 and 2 . An operation of the inverter unit will be described with reference toFIGS. 1 through 10 . In particular, an operation of the inverter unit illustrated inFIGS. 1 and 2 will be mainly described. - Four
switch units inverter unit 203 illustrated inFIG. 2 , and an output voltage is defined according to operations of the switch units. - Operations of the
switch units switch units unit 202 connected in series is defined as E (volt), respectively, when theswitch units switch units 203 c and 204 d are turned off, at this time a pole voltage E is output. Also, when theswitch units switch units switch units switch units - Using output pole voltages defined in this manner, an output line-to-line voltage may have five stages (or levels) of 2E, E, 0, −E, and −2E. Since an output line-to-line voltage of each cell is defined as having 5 levels, a voltage that may be synthesized by the
unit power cells FIG. 3 may have nine levels of 4E, 3E, 2E, E, 0, −E, −2E, −3E, and −4E, and a line-to-line voltage output to theload motor 303 may have 17 levels of 8E, 7E, 6E, 5E, 4E, 3E, 2E, E, 0, −E, −2E, −3E, −4E, −5E, −6E, −7E, and −8E. - A pulse width modulation (PWM) method of a multi-stage medium-voltage inverter may be divided into phase-shifted PWM and level-shifted PWM depending on a form of a triangular carrier. The multi-level inverter using the single-phase NPC inverter described in the present disclosure mainly operates according to the level-shifted PWM method. The level-shifted PWM may be divided into in-phase disposition (IPD), alternative phase opposite disposition (APOD), and phase opposite disposition (POD) depending on a phase of a triangular carrier, and in general, the IPD scheme is excellent in terms of harmonics of an output voltage. Thus, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a voltage synthesizing method of a multi-level medium-voltage inverter mainly using the level-shifted PWM method based on the IPD scheme will be described in detail.
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FIGS. 5 through 10 illustrate conduction states of power semiconductors based on current directions to output pole voltages E, 0, and −E, respectively. - In
FIG. 5 , a diode and aswitch unit 203 b are conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and apole voltage 0 is output. Here, one diode and one switch unit are conducted. InFIG. 6 ,switch units FIG. 7 , two diodes are conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage −E is output. Here, two diodes are conducted. - In
FIG. 8 , a diode and aswitch unit 203 c are conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and apole voltage 0 is output. InFIG. 9 , two diodes are conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage E is output. InFIG. 10 , twoswitch units - Hereinafter, operations of the
diode rectifying units FIGS. 2 and 4 will be described. The rectifyingunit 201 ofFIG. 2 and the rectifyingunit 401 ofFIG. 4 are connected to the secondary sides of thephase shift transformer 104 ofFIG. 3 and thephase shift transformer 304 ofFIG. 3 and apply a rectified voltage to capacitors of the smoothingunits FIGS. 1 and 3 , output terminals of the rectifyingunits smoothing unit 202 ofFIG. 2 and the smoothingunit 402 ofFIG. 4 , and thus, voltages of the respective capacitors have a value expressed byequation 1 on average in a no-load state. -
- Here, V is a magnitude of a phase voltage input to the rectifying
units Equation 1 are illustrated inFIG. 2 and four DC link source voltages having the relationship as expressed byEquation 1 are illustrated inFIG. 4 , and the number of outputs of thephase shift transformers 104 and 404 is determined depending on the number of rectifying units. - It can be seen that, in the cascaded NPC inverter described above with reference to
FIGS. 1 through 10 , two power semiconductors are conducted all the time. The cascaded NPC inverter described above with reference toFIGS. 1 through 10 is advantageous in that it is small in volume, compared to the cascaded H-bridge inverter, but since two power semiconductors need to be conductive constantly, it is difficult to increase efficiency and a heat dissipation device needs to be relatively large. - In order to address the aforementioned problem, the present disclosure proposes a multi-level medium-voltage inverter in which an input unit of a unit power cell is configured as a 6-pulse diode rectifying unit and an inverter unit of the unit power cell is configured to reduce heat loss according to conduction, compared to the existing 3-level NPC inverter, to thus increase efficiency of the unit power cell.
- In an existing high-voltage inverter, an inverter unit of a unit power cell is configured as an H-bridge inverter or a single phase NPC inverter to connect unit power cells in series. In contrast, the unit power cell of the multi-level medium-voltage inverter proposed in the present disclosure is implemented as a single phase T-type NPC inverter. The unit power cell configured as the single phase T-type NPC inverter has less conduction loss related to heat, compared to the existing unit power cell, and thus, a design for heat dissipation may be advantageous. In addition, the number of power semiconductor elements (switches) used for operation is smaller than that of the unit power cell using the single phase NPC inverter.
- In addition, an input terminal of the unit power cell using the T-type NPC inverter used in the present disclosure may be configured as a 6-pulse, 12-pulse, or 24-pulse diode rectifying unit. The use of the 6-pulse diode rectifying unit may simplify the structure of a phase shift transformer of an input terminal, compared to the use of the 12-pulse or 24-pulse diode rectifying unit.
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FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram illustrating a unit power cell according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. - As illustrated in
FIG. 11 , the unit power cell includes arectifying unit 1101, asmoothing unit 1102, and aninverter unit 1103. Therectifying unit 1101, serving to rectify a provided AC voltage, receives a three-phase input voltage by using six diodes and provides a rectified voltage to thesmoothing unit 1102. Thesmoothing unit 1102 includescapacitors inverter unit 1103 includes a plurality ofswitch units 1103 a to 1103 h and receives a 3-level voltage from thesmoothing unit 1102. Theinverter unit 1103 includes afirst switch unit 1103 a provided between the first node A and a first output terminal OUT1,second switch units third switch unit 1103 b provided between the third node C and the first output terminal OUT1, afourth switch unit 1103 e provided between the first node A and the second output terminal OUT2,fifth switch units sixth switch unit 1103 f provided between the third node C and the second output terminal OUT2. A switch unit includes a diode and a power semiconductor. The diode and the power semiconductor have mutually opposite current directions. The power semiconductor includes an IGBT or a power MOSFET. - The capacitors1102 a and 1102 b provided in the
smoothing unit 1102 are connected to therectifying unit 1101 and a capacitor may additionally be connected to an output terminal of therectifying unit 1101 in series or in parallel. Theinverter unit 1103 is a single phase T-type NPC inverter. Theswitch units switch units -
FIGS. 12 through 14 are block diagrams respectively illustrating examples of T-type NPC inverters using unit power cells ofFIG. 11 . -
FIG. 12 is a view illustrating a medium-voltage inverter implemented with a total of nine unit power cells with three unit power cells per phase of a motor,FIG. 13 is a view illustrating a medium-voltage inverter implemented with a total of twelve unit power cells with four unit power cells per phase of a motor, andFIG. 14 is a view illustrating a medium-voltage inverter implemented with a total of fifteen unit power cells with five unit power cells per phase of a motor. - Referring to
FIG. 12 , amulti-level inverter 1201 according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes nineunit power cells 1205 a to 1205 i and aphase shift transformer 1204. Thevoltage supply unit 1202 provides a voltage having a root mean square equal to or greater than 600V.Reference numeral 1203 denotes a three-phase motor as a load. A phase angle of power output by thephase shift transformer 1204 may be varied. Theunit power cells 1205 a to 1205 i may synthesize five levels of (or five types of) output voltage. Theunit power cells motor 1203, theunit power cells unit power cells - Referring to
FIG. 13 , amulti-level inverter 1301 according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes twelveunit power cells 1305 a to 13051 and aphase shift transformer 1304. Apower supply unit 1302 provides a voltage having a root mean square equal to or greater than 600V.Reference numeral 1303 denotes a three-phase motor as a load. A phase angle of power output by thephase shift transformer 1304 may be varied. Theunit power cells 1305 a to 13051 may synthesize 5 levels of output voltage. Theunit power cells motor 1303, theunit power cells unit power cells - Referring to
FIG. 14 , amulti-level inverter 1401 according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes fifteenunit power cells 1405 a to 1405 o and aphase shift transformer 1404. Apower supply unit 1402 provides a voltage having a root mean square equal to or greater than 600V. Reference numera 11403 denotes a three-phase motor as a load. A phase angle of power output by thephase shift transformer 1404 may be varied. Theunit power cells 1405 a to 1405 o may synthesize 5 levels of output voltage. Theunit power cells motor 1403, theunit power cells unit power cells - An inverter unit described in the present exemplary embodiment is implemented as a single phase T-type NPC inverter, and as illustrated in
FIG. 11 , in theinverter unit 1103 provided in a unit power cell, each leg includes four switch units. An output pole voltage is defined according to operations of theswitch units switch units switch units switch units switch units switch units - In a case in which voltages of the
DC link capacitors smoothing unit 1102 are defined as E, respectively, if an output pole voltage reference is positive (+), theswitch unit 1103 a is turned on and theswitch unit 1103 c is turned off to output a pole voltage E, respectively. In this case, when theswitch unit 1103 a is turned off and theswitch unit 1103 c is turned on, apole voltage 0 is output. If an output pole voltage reference is negative (−), theswitch unit 1103 b is turned on and theswitch unit 1103 d is turned off to output a pole voltage −E. In this case, when theswitch unit 1103 b is turned off and theswitch unit 1103 d is turned on, apole voltage 0 is output. Based on this output structure, the output line-to-line voltage of each unit cell, namely, an output pole voltage, has five levels of (or types of) 2E, E, 0, −E, −2E. When the output pole voltage is determined as E, 0, −E, a conduction state of the power semiconductor according to a direction of a current is illustrated inFIGS. 15 through 20 . -
FIGS. 15 through 21 are circuit diagrams illustrating operations of inverter units illustrated inFIG. 11 , andFIGS. 22 through 25 are waveform views illustrating operations of the inverter unit illustrated inFIG. 11 . - In
FIG. 15 , a diode and aswitch unit 1103 d are conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and apole voltage 0 is output. Here one diode and one switch are conduced. InFIG. 16 , aswitch unit 1103 a is conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage E is output. Here, one switch unit is conducted. InFIG. 17 , a diode is conducted, an output current flows in a positive direction, and a pole voltage −E is output. Here, one diode is conducted. InFIG. 18 , a diode and aswitch unit 1103 c are conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and apole voltage 0 is output. Here, one diode and one switch unit are conducted. InFIG. 19 , a diode is conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage E is output. Here, one diode is conducted. InFIG. 20 , aswitch unit 1103 b is conducted, an output current flows in a negative direction, and a pole voltage −E is output. Here, one switch unit is conducted. - In the cases of
FIGS. 15 and 18 , one switch unit and one diode are conducted, while in the other cases, only one diode or only one switch unit is conducted, and thus, the number of conducted power semiconductor elements on average is reduced, compared to the cases ofFIGS. 5 through 10 , and thus, loss made in the power semiconductor elements is reduced, increasing efficiency of the overall system, and thus, a size of heat dissipation may be reduced. - Hereinafter, a solution to unbalance between two the DC link capacitors that may occur as a diode rectifying unit of a unit power cell is configured as a 6-pulse diode rectifying unit will be described.
- In
FIG. 11 , an average output voltage of therectifying unit 1101 is defined as follows. -
- Here, V is a magnitude of a phase voltage of input power of a diode rectifying unit. When voltages of the
capacitors FIG. 11 are defined as Vdc_1 and Vdc_2, the following relation is established. -
(V dc cap)=Vdc —1+Vdc —2 [Equation 3] - As can be seen from
Equation 3, the sum of voltages applied to thecapacitors - Referring to voltage synthesizing according to current directions illustrated in
FIGS. 15 thgh 20, a pole voltage is output using voltages applied to the capacitors of the smoothing unit. Here, a path of a load current may pass through an internal node between thecapacitors - Voltages across the
respective capacitors capacitors FIGS. 15 through 20 . When a voltage of one DC link capacitor is increased to exceed a withstand voltage of the DC link capacitor, the corresponding DC link capacitor or a switch configured as a power semiconductor has an error and the inverter unit has a fault, requiring a solution thereto. - In the present exemplary embodiment, the voltages of the DC link capacitors are balanced through the following process.
-
FIG. 21 illustrates one leg of the inverter unit ofFIG. 11 . InFIG. 21 , the dotted line and the solid line form the carriers as illustrated inFIGS. 22 and 23 . - In
FIGS. 22 and 23 ,reference numerals FIGS. 21. 2202 a and 2302 a denote carries of theswitch units FIG. 21 , which are triangular waves having a maximum value Vdc_1 and aminimum value 0 when Vdc_1 and Vdc_2 have the same value. 2202 b and 2302 b are carriers of theswitch units FIG. 21 having amaximum value 0 and a minimum value −Vdc_2, when Vdc_1 and Vdc_2 have the same value. 2203 a and 2303 a denote switching states of theswitch unit 1103 a. 2203 b and 2303 b denote a switching state of theswitch unit 1103 b. 2203 c and 2303 c denote a switching state of theswitch unit 1103 c. 2203 d and 2303 d denote a switching state of theswitch unit 1103 d. -
FIG. 22 illustrates a case in which a pole voltage reference is positive (+), andFIG. 23 illustrates a case in which a pole voltage reference is negative (−). In the case in which the pole voltage reference is positive as illustrated inFIG. 22 , theswitch units switch unit 1103 c is constantly turned on, and the switch unit 2103 d is constantly turned off, according to the triangular carrier compared based on the pole voltage reference. In the case in which the pole voltage reference is negative as illustrated inFIG. 23 , theswitch units switch 1103 a is constantly turned off, and theswitch unit 1103 b is constantly turned on, according to the triangular carrier compared based on the pole voltage reference. When values of Vdc_1 and Vdc_2 are different, the triangular carriers ofFIGS. 22 and 23 are varied as illustrated inFIGS. 24 and 25 . - In
FIG. 24 , Vdc_2 is greater than Vdc_2, and inFIG. 25 , Vdc_1 is greater than Vdc_2. InFIGS. 24 and 25 , 2401 a and 2501 a are triangular carriers of theswitch units FIG. 24 , when the pole voltage reference is positive, a time duration in which the states ofFIGS. 16 and 19 are maintained is shortened, and when the pole voltage reference is negative, a time duration in which the states ofFIGS. 17 and 20 are maintained is increased. - In the case of
FIG. 25 , when the pole voltage reference is positive, a time duration in which the states ofFIGS. 16 and 19 are maintained is increased, and when the pole voltage reference is negative, a time duration in which the states ofFIGS. 17 and 20 are maintained is reduced. As a result, utilization of the capacitor having a small DC link voltage applied in the smoothing unit is reduced and the use of the capacitor having a large DC link voltage is increased, thus resolving an unbalance of the DC link power voltages. - As described above, the present disclosure provides a multi-level medium-voltage inverter in which a single phase 3-
level inverter unit 1103 is included in a unit power cell, and in particular, an input unit of the unit power cell is configured as a 6-pulse diode rectifying unit and the inverter unit of the unit power cell reduces conduction loss, relative to the existing 3-level NPC inverter, increasing efficiency of the unit power cell. - In the existing medium-voltage inverter, an inverter unit of a unit power cell is configured as an H-bridge inverter or a single phase NPC inverter and unit power cells are connected in series. In contrast, the unit power cell of the multi-level medium-voltage inverter proposed in the present disclosure includes a single phase T-type NPC inverter. The unit power cell including the single phase T-type NPC inverter proposed in the present disclosure has conduction loss smaller than that of the existing unit power cell, and thus, a design for heat dissipation is advantageous and the number of power semiconductor elements used in operating the unit power cell is smaller than that of the unit power cell using a single phase NPC inverter. Thus, compared to the existing multi-level medium-voltage inverter, the multi-level inverter has increased efficiency and costs and volume thereof may be reduced.
- Also, the input terminal of the unit power cell using the T-type NPC inverter used in the present disclosure may be configured as a 6-pulse, 12-pulse, or 24-pulse diode rectifying unit. In the case of using the 6-pulse diode rectifying unit, the structure of a phase shift transformer of the input terminal may be simplified, compared to the case of using the 12-pulse or 24-pulse diode rectifying unit. Also, in a case in which the input terminal of the unit power cell is configured as a 6-pulse diode rectifying unit by reducing the number of secondary side output terminals of the phase shift transformer, voltages of the DC link capacitors of the smoothing unit may be balanced by changing a magnitude of a carrier.
- The foregoing embodiments and advantages are merely exemplary and are not to be considered as limiting the present disclosure. The present teachings can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses. This description is intended to be illustrative, and not to limit the scope of the claims. Many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The features, structures, methods, and other characteristics of the exemplary embodiments described herein may be combined in various ways to obtain additional and/or alternative exemplary embodiments.
- As the present features may be embodied in several forms without departing from the characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be considered broadly within its scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims, or equivalents of such metes and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.
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